Merengue Styles and Songs

The Merengue is a musical and dancing style originated in Republica Dominicana. 

One of the projects I'm developing related to Braille music is the creation of a music book with excersises of Piano Merengue written in Braille music. The idea behind this is to connect the music accademic studies with Popular music, a repertoir that needs to be expanded and available for everyone.

The use of the piano in Merengue music consists basically in the use of complementary rhythms alternating your both hands, These complementary rhythms are played on conventional chords without many tensions above the seventh. While these grooves consist mostly on rhythmic figuration on a given chord, you can also find grooves with melodic deployments in them, in which case the gradual movements are privileged. The most important thing about this is that when you play Merengue  you have to think about the piano almost as one more percussion instrument of the band.

I made this video to show you all the basic Merengue styles played in Piano.

Did you like the  (Merengue)?